The figure is great but says more about them owning their own stadium and the revenue gained away from match days. They have certainly worked hard there. But they need to promote match days with crowds dipping slightly, they need to look at Wigan who because they are tenants not owners push match days to maximise revenue.

Great news for Warrington and the Sport, showing that although its handy having a sugar daddy for the initial investment, but once reasonably successful a club can run at a healthy profit without necessarily being a millstone round an owners neck.

This is the largest profit I can recall any club in the game making. What profits do the other 'profitable' clubs in the game make?

The figure is great but says more about them owning their own stadium and the revenue gained away from match days. They have certainly worked hard there. But they need to promote match days with crowds dipping slightly, they need to look at Wigan who because they are tenants not owners push match days to maximise revenue.

And the problem is? If they are making a profit and are successful on the pitch. Sounds like a pretty good business model to me, if they are managing to bring income into the game from outside the traditional fan base.

more super league clubs make a profit,break even or make a small loss than lose something to worry about...

compare that to NRL where practically all clubs lose millions a year....only brisbane reportedly make a profit..

The Oz Clubs do not all lose money though Spud.

Only the Broncos open their book up for scrutiny and that is because they are obliged to by law as a Company, they also benefit from being a one team Club in a pretty decent sized City so they get the Sponsors and high Crowds etc.
Most of the other Leagues Clubs tick over in one form or another, they are propped up by massive Licensed leagues clubs that have Gambling as their major source of revenue "Pokies"

These Clubs are an integral part of the League team and were developed to support that team and fund them.

Without the League team these Leagues Clubs would not exist, they are the commercial licensed arm of the team.

Many Leagues Clubs turnover big money, what the give as a grant to the NRL Club has lots to do with Tax law etc.

Good work. What's encouraging about this is that, despite having a sugar daddy, they clearly run themselves as a proper business. The temptation could have been to cut corners because everything was always going to be taken care of. They are a model club in many ways. If they could upgrade the quality of their supporters, they would be a flagship club .

Good work. What's encouraging about this is that, despite having a sugar daddy, they clearly run themselves as a proper business. The temptation could have been to cut corners because everything was always going to be taken care of. They are a model club in many ways. If they could upgrade the quality of their supporters, they would be a flagship club .

was'nt that £18,900 loss largely due to a unexpected bill from HMRC over image rights or something..??

Yeah there was a c.£250k exceptional cost for image rights to HMRC in the FY12 accounts. There is an increase in debt in the current year which corresponds to the building work on the stadium and some of this debt is underwritten by Simon Moran which has meant Warrington have benefited from having a rich owner (as debt would have been either unavailable or more expensive without his support), albeit he has supported the club in the right way by investing in areas which will allow the club to become profitable at an operating level, and therefore financially viable in the long term.

I would expect the results next year to continue to be strong as a number of commercial contracts are expiring 10 years after the stadium opened and should be renegotiated favourably (i.e. stadium catering and sponsorship deals).

was'nt that £18,900 loss largely due to a unexpected bill from HMRC over image rights or something..??

Not so much unexpected, but we paid it early to bring down the amount down a little and put an end to it.

It's quite a profit considering we pay way above the salary cap and provide a generous pension to Super League's very own Dad's Army. Not to mention the costs of the stadium upgrade.

I can confirm 30+ less sales for Scotland vs Italy at Workington, after this afternoons test purchase for the Tonga match, £7.50 is extremely reasonable, however a £2.50 'delivery' fee for a walk in purchase is beyond taking the mickey, good luck with that, it's cheaper on the telly.